Sockin Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 (edited) Damon and Tigers near agreement. http://twitter.com/TBrownYahoo/status/9401993648 Edit: Done. http://twitter.com/JimBowdenXMFOX/status/9402198203 Edited February 20, 2010 by Sockin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCSox Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 QUOTE (iamshack @ Feb 20, 2010 -> 02:42 PM) Blalock is a Boras client. It would be interesting to see if the two parties could work together after the failed Damon Negotiations. Kenny did mention that he and Boras had some good discussions which might lead to inroads in the future. I see the Crawford idea, but I think it would be pretty difficult to trade Crawford midseason considering Friedman thinks this team is their best in team history. All true. I also imagine that Boras is also not happy with Kenny costing both him and Damon money with yesterday's announcement. But business is business, and two guys who don't like each other will still work together when it comes down to it. It'll be interesting to see how all of this shakes out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 It's officially over folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jphat007 Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Well I hope somebody is held responsible when Kotsay is hitting .250 and Jones is hurt and we have a Vizquel/Nix DH platoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YonderLaroche Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 QUOTE (jphat007 @ Feb 20, 2010 -> 04:51 PM) Well I hope somebody is held responsible when Kotsay is hitting .250 and Jones is hurt and we have a Vizquel/Nix DH platoon. It's not over yet... KW will probably trade some prospects around AS break for a overpaid player after his experiment already failed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jphat007 Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 QUOTE (b-Rye @ Feb 20, 2010 -> 05:56 PM) It's not over yet... KW will probably trade some prospects around AS break for a overpaid player after his experiment already failed. And we're 10 games out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamshack Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Well then...I hope he buys something great with that extra million or two... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chetkincaid Posted February 20, 2010 Author Share Posted February 20, 2010 Well at least it's over... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottyDo Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Tigers sign Damon, Purdue beats Illinois...can we go back in time 30 minutes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 (edited) So the Sox show some interest in two legitimate DH candidates, only to allow both to go to division rivals. When we finish 6 games out of first this season due mainly to being 11th in the AL in runs (or something close to that), I hope the front office brass understands why everybody is pissed. Edited February 20, 2010 by whitesoxfan101 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Side Fireworks Man Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 @ $8M for one year, Tigers overpaid. Let them have him at that price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 KW and Ozzie just going to prove to us that mediocre hitting can win a championship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 lame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 (edited) QUOTE (knightni @ Feb 20, 2010 -> 06:13 PM) KW and Ozzie just going to prove to us that mediocre hitting can win a championship. Well, we've done it once before, 9th in the AL in runs in 2005 with 741. I can't see this offense hitting either of those plateaus, though, and obviously this bullpen won't match that one. This is probably an 83 or so win team, the question is can they overachieve by 5 or 6 wins (certainly possible with this starting staff) and if they do, will that win total be enough to win a mediocre division? Edited February 20, 2010 by whitesoxfan101 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Our offense looks very mediocre on paper now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottyDo Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Feb 20, 2010 -> 07:16 PM) Well, we've done it once before, 9th in the AL in runs in 2005 with 741. I can't see this offense hitting either of those plateaus, though. You really can't see this offense scoring 741 runs? I can. Not that I didn't want Damon, I really really did, but I don't think his absence puts us that far back. Certainly not worse than last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 20, 2010 -> 06:17 PM) Our offense looks very mediocre on paper now. Well it already did on paper, this development moves it from mediocre to bad in my opinion. I think Johnny Damon could have moved us from a low to mid 80's wins team to a mid to upper 80's wins team, which might be the difference in our division. It's really a shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Feb 20, 2010 -> 05:18 PM) You really can't see this offense scoring 741 runs? I can. Not that I didn't want Damon, I really really did, but I don't think his absence puts us that far back. Certainly not worse than last year. Not worse than last year? We've replaced the power numbers from Dye and Thome with Jones and Teahan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Feb 20, 2010 -> 06:18 PM) You really can't see this offense scoring 741 runs? I can. Not that I didn't want Damon, I really really did, but I don't think his absence puts us that far back. Certainly not worse than last year. Absolutely not. This is going to be a horrible offense unless Carlos Quentin returns to 2008 form (which is possible if healthy, but I don't trust his health) and/or Alex Rios returns to mid 2000's form. We could use another season like last year from Juan Pierre too, but that's a question mark. If all of those things happen, the offense could max out at average (6th to 8th range in runs in the AL), but that's going to be very tough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chetkincaid Posted February 20, 2010 Author Share Posted February 20, 2010 QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Feb 20, 2010 -> 05:16 PM) Well, we've done it once before, 9th in the AL in runs in 2005 with 741. I can't see this offense hitting either of those plateaus, though, and obviously this bullpen won't match that one. This is probably an 83 or so win team, the question is can they overachieve by 5 or 6 wins (certainly possible with this starting staff) and if they do, will that win total be enough to win a mediocre division? I just wanted a left hand bat that didn't strike out a thousand times a year. And no, I did NOT want Jim Thome anymore. I didn't even want Damon in the beginning. This sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 We will be the Mariners of last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 And f*** you Damon. Hope you enjoy living in Beirut, MI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 20, 2010 -> 06:21 PM) We will be the Mariners of last year. I don't think we'll be THAT extreme (I think they were literally dead last in runs and 1st in ERA). However, the comparision is very valid, they were a low or mid 80's team that pitched great and could not hit a lick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan-kwman Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 We still have Gordon Beckham & Juan Dog? Who cares about the lizard king!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiliIrishHammock24 Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Alright, plan C: Jermaine Dye. Seriously, I would hope he would sign a $4M deal with us to DH considering he is getting NO OFFERS from anyone else right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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